SOUTHERN COUNTIES NORTH: SWINDON'S first attempt at goal was only a metre inside the opposition's half but Nathan Waite cleared the crossbar to give his side the lead.

Then from a line-out inside their own half, the back row trio of Andy Barnes, Andy Prowse and openside Paul Daniels put pressure on the Bicester scrum-half, causing him to throw a wild pass over the head of the fly half.

A wild hack from the full-back missed the ball, Robin Haxton kicked through and Paul Wakefield touched down under the posts.

Waite added the conversion to make it 10-0 and added a further penalty.